december, decibel, decimate, decimal, dime
Some words based on "ten" include: tenfold (increased by ten times), teenager (a person aged between 13 and 19), and tenth (position or rank number ten in a sequence).
The prefix "dec-" in English words is derived from the Latin word "decem," which means "ten." It is commonly used to indicate a factor of ten or a tenth part of something. For example, in words like "decade" (a period of ten years) or "decimal" (a number system based on powers of ten).
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Words based on the word 'ten' (10) are:tenpins (bowling)ten o'clock (AM or PM)ten gallon hat (very big cowboy hat)ten-cent-store (predecessor to the dollar store)ten out of ten (100%)ten to one (very likely)ten a penny (very common)
Deci- in Latin is the prefix for 10 so decimal refers to a system based on ten and the powers of ten.
The equivalent of "ten" in Latin is "decem."
Because it's based on the number ten! Decem is the Latin word for ten. The following words are also derived from the same Latin origin: decade meaning 10 years, December used to be the tenth month in the old Roman calendar decimetre - there are 10 dm in a metre
The metric system is based upon powers of ten. Metric units are designed to increase or decrease by a factor of ten or by many factors of ten. For example the micrometer is one millionth of a meter, in other words a micrometer is 10-6 meters, which is a difference of six powers of ten.
The name of September comes from the Latin word for 'seven'. The months of October, November, and December are also named for the Latin words for eight, nine, and ten, respectively.
December is named after 'decem' which is Latin for ten.
It means ten. The root comes from "decem," which is the cardinal number 10, and "decimus," the ordinal number "tenth."